3 Abba Eban Quotes on Diplomacy

Abba Eban quotes on diplomacy

8. When the Council discusses what is to happen after the cease-fire, we hear many formulas: back to 1956, back to 1948--I understand our neighbors would wish to turn the clock back to 1947. The fact is, however, that most clocks move forward and not backward, and this, I think, should be the case with the clock of Middle Eastern peace--not backward to belligerency, but forward to peace.

10. They use the U.N. not as an instrument for solving conflicts, but an arena for waging them.

15. Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today-and longed for them tomorrow.